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' J. MOGLINGI-IY.

Egg-Holder.

No 225,530. Patented Mar. 16, I880.

N.PETERS, FHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D. B

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' JOHN MGGLINOHY, OF BOSTON, MASS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH OF HIS RIGHTTO CHARLES ALBERT SHAW, OF SAME PLACE.

EGG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 225,530, dated March 16,1880.

Application filed January 30, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN MGGLINGHY, ofBoston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Egg-Holders,of which thefollowing is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enableany person skilled in the art or science to which my inventionappertains to make-and use the same, refer ence being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is an isoinetrical perspective view, showing the holder in use.Fig. 2 is a view of the piston and Figs 3, 4, and 5, views showingalternate forms of construction.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of eggholders which are designed fortable use or for holding the egg while it is being eaten; and itconsists in a novel construction andarrangement of the parts, ashereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, by which a more efi'ectivedevice of this character is produced than is now in ordinary use.

In the drawings, A represents the base or foot of the holder; B, thebody or pillar; (JO, the arms or supports, and D the top or ring.

The top consists of an annulus or ring. arranged horizontally andsecured firmly to the arms, as shown, the upper side of the ring beingpreferably countersunk or cup-shaped, as seen at z. A hole is drilled orformed in the pillar B, and fitted to work vertically therein is apiston, E, having a socket or cupshaped cap, Gr. The body of the pistonis hollow, and provided with a coiled spring, H, as shown in Fig. 2. Thelower end of this spring rests on the bottom of the hole in the pillar,and acts expansively to force the piston upward.

The holder takes the place of the ordinary cup, and in use the egg maybe inserted by placing the small end in the cap G and pressing down thepiston until the large end can be passed under the top D, when, byreleasing the egg, it will be forced upwardly by the spring E into theposition shown in Fig. 1,

where the shell may be broken above the ring and the contents eaten; orthe piston may be forced down and the large end of the egg insertedfirst, if preferred.

The ring D serves not only to hold the egg in a proper position, butenables the shell to be broken evenly or on a defined line correspondingwith the point of contact between the shell and ring. The ring alsoprevents the contents or liquid portion of the egg from running down theouter side of the shell.

I sometimes connect the ring to the arms by means of a hinge, b, in sucha manner that it may be turned back to insert the egg, as shown in Fig.3, the ring being fastened down by the catch a; after the egg isinserted, in which case I also use the spring-piston, as seen in Fig. 2.

I also sometimes make the holder with a rigid cup to receive the smallend of the egg and place springs in the arms, as shown in Fig. 4, theupper portions, 0 O, of the arms being hollow and sliding down over thelower, the ends of the springs being in such cases attached to both theupper and lower sections of the arms by the pins a, a, and actingcontractively to draw the ring D down onto the egg.

Another form in. which I construct the holder is shown in Fig. 5, thearms G 0 being made in two pieces or sections, the upper sections, d d,entering and working vertically in the lower, and being provided withthe buttons or flanges zzattheirlower ends. Screwed to the upper ends ofthe lower sections are nuts m m, having central openings, through whichthe upper sections pass freely; and

around the lower portions of the upper sections there are coiledsprings, which abut against the flanges z z and theunder sides of thenuts, the expansive action of the springs drawing down the ring D ontothe egg. The form shown in Fig. 1 I however prefer to the others, asbeing less complicated and costly.

Having thus explained my improvement, what I claim is-- v 1. Theimproved egg-holder described, the same consisting of the body B, havingthe base A, arms 0 O, and ring D, the body being provided with thespring-piston E, all com.

bined and arranged to operate substantially 4. In an egg-holdersubstantially such as as specified. described, the ring D, provided withthe down- 2. In an egg-holder substantially such as Wardly-projectingsections cl d, having the described, the ring D, provided with theholflanges z z, in combination with a spring ar- '5 lowdownwardly-projecting arms 0 G,in comranged to draw said ring down ontothe egg, 15

bination with a spring arranged to draw said substantially as and forthe purpose specified. ring downonto the egg, substantially as shown.JOHN MGGLINGHY.

3. In an egg-holder, the piston E, provided Witnesses: with the spring Hand socket G, substantially 0. A. SHAW, 10 as set forth. WM. H. DIEHL.

